Elements of Chemistry: In a New Systematic Order, Containing All the Modern Discoveries, Illustrated With Thirteen Copperplates

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Monumental classic by the founder of modern chemistry is essential for undergraduate students. First explicit statement of law of conservation of matter in chemical change; first modern list of chemical elements; more. Facsimile reprint of original (1790) Kerr translation. Introduction by Professor Douglas McKie.Introduction1 Of the formation & decomposition of aeriform fluids, of the combustion of simple bodies & the formation of acids 2 Of the combination of acids with salifiable bases & of the formation of neutral salts3 Description of the instruments & operations of chemistryAppendix